Mumbai: The first meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on 'One Nation, One Election' will begin in Delhi on Wednesday. JPC Chairman Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP PP Choudhary will preside over the meeting. During the meeting, Law and Justice Ministry officials will brief the parliamentary committee, which has been tasked with examining the bills proposing simultaneous elections.
The first meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for One Nation One Election is being held today. On this, Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut said that the bill that is coming is going to lead to one leader one election and one party one election in the future. Mahavikas Aghadi is opposing this bill.
Sanjay Raut on one nation one election
This bill has gone to JCP, today is the first meeting of the committee. In which all the leaders of the party will be included. Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut says, “The One Nation One Election Bill will move towards one party one election and one leader one election. Therefore, all of us – including the India Alliance, have opposed the Bill. The bill has been sent to JPC. Its first meeting will be held today and all our people will participate in that meeting.”
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Members of Lok Sabha will participate
The Joint Parliamentary Committee is to examine the 'One Nation, One Election' bill, comprising Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Manish Tewari, NCP's Supriya Sule, TMC's Kalyan Banerjee and BJP's PP Choudhary, Bansuri Swaraj and Anurag Singh Thakur. Includes members of.
Rajya Sabha members are also part of this committee. The bill, introduced in the Lok Sabha during the winter session of Parliament, proposes to hold simultaneous elections for the Lok Sabha and state assemblies across the country. The Bill was referred to a Joint Parliamentary Committee for scrutiny and discussion. Earlier, JPC Chairman Chaudhary said that if development projects are accelerated, India will achieve its goal of 'Developed India' by 2047.
Expenses increase due to elections
He said that development work can be done faster if the Model Code of Conduct is implemented less frequently. He said that due to frequent elections and increase in expenditure, there is a burden on the public. Choudhary said, “Earlier Lok Sabha elections were held simultaneously… later this sequence got disturbed due to the dissolution of many governments… it has been felt that due to frequent elections, the expenditure increases a lot and there is a burden on the public. “
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Meanwhile, opposition members are opposing the amendments and argue that the proposed changes could disproportionately benefit the ruling party, giving it undue influence over the electoral process in states and reducing the autonomy of regional parties. Is. He has also argued that the bills proposing to hold simultaneous elections are against the federal structure.
Responding to this, Union Law and Justice Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal had earlier said that the proposal is “practical and important” and will be discussed early in the new year, with the first meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on January 8.
(with agency input)
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